Heidi Franken

Heidi Franken (CPA, CA) is the Senior Vice-President, Registrar at CPA Ontario where she provides regulatory oversight of Ontario’s 94,000 Chartered Professional Accountants in addition to firms and public accounting license holders and is primarily responsible for CPA Ontario’s compliance with statutory obligations. She has extensive capital markets regulatory experience from several senior positions previously held at the Ontario Securities Commission, including roles in Corporate Finance, Office of the Chief Accountant and most recently in the Enforcement Branch where she was Chief, Office of the Whistleblower and Deputy Director.

Heidi led specialized investigation and litigation teams, including a team for registrant misconduct. She also led important policy and operational initiatives including the introduction of enhanced and streamlined national prospectus rules for securities offerings and a risk-based compliance and oversight program for all Ontario-based public companies. She is an experienced public speaker on topics including regulatory compliance, corporate governance and ethics.